# adormecer
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin addormīscere. Compare Portuguese and Spanish adormecer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aðoɾmeˈθeɾ], (western) [aðoɾmeˈseɾ]

### Verb

adormecer (first-person singular present adormezo, first-person singular preterite adormecín, past participle adormecido) adormecer (first-person singular present adormeço, first-person singular preterite adormecim or adormeci, past participle adormecido, reintegrationist norm)
* (intransitive) to fall asleep

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adormecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adormecer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adormecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “adormecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adormecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adormecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* dormecer

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin addormiscere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.doɾ.meˈt͡seɾ/
* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Verb

adormecer
* to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
    Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
       This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

#### Related terms

* dormir

#### Descendants

* Galician: adormecer
* Portuguese: adormecer

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "adormecer"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer, from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Spanish adormecer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.doʁ.meˈse(ʁ)/ [a.doɦ.meˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.doʁ.meˈse(ʁ)/ [a.doɦ.meˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.doɾ.meˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.doʁ.meˈse(ʁ)/ [a.doʁ.meˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.doɻ.meˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duɾ.mɨˈseɾ/ [ɐ.ðuɾ.mɨˈseɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duɾ.mɨˈseɾ/ [ɐ.ðuɾ.mɨˈseɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duɾ.mɨˈse.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuɾ.mɨˈse.ɾi]

### Verb

adormecer (first-person singular present adormeço, first-person singular preterite adormeci, past participle adormecido)
* (intransitive) to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
    Synonym: (Brazil, informal) cair no sono
    Não consegui adormecer. ― I couldn't fall asleep.
* (intransitive) to oversleep
* (transitive) to send somebody to sleep, to lull to sleep
    Synonyms: acalentar, fazer dormir
* (transitive, medicine) to anesthetize
* (transitive, figuratively) to soothe, to relieve
    Synonym: aliviar

#### Derived terms

* adormecido

#### Related terms

* dormir

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Portuguese adormecer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /adoɾmeˈθeɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾ.meˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /adoɾmeˈseɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾ.meˈseɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: a‧dor‧me‧cer

### Verb

adormecer (first-person singular present adormezco, first-person singular preterite adormecí, past participle adormecido)
* (transitive) to make sleepy, to lull
* (transitive) to make numb
* (reflexive) to go to sleep, or doze off
* (reflexive) to go numb (part of the body)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* adormecedor
* adormecimiento

#### Related terms

* adormecerse
* dormir

### Further reading

* “adormecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10